This is the first
letter we wrote at the beginning of our fight against the IAF. Jo
hand delivered it to the Deacon. She was told by him that the
Archbishop approved the IAF and it was going through in our parish.

A Letter from Dick Klinge,
Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City dated November 14,
2008. Herein, Mr. Klinge addresses many issues and builds a case
of support for community organizing. This letter was written to
Mr. Ray Haefele. Ray was acting as a neutral liaison between
Mr. Klinge and Fr. John Metzinger to address the concerns of the
parishioners about the IAF. Fr. John handed a copy to Jo with the
comment that it should address all of our concerns. He told her to
give copies to other concerned parties.

This letter was hand
delivered by us to the Archbishop after the Men's Conference on February
28, 2009. He called Jo a week later to discuss it. They
discussed the IAF situation at length. He showed true Pastoral
concern for us and for the situation. He promised to look into it
and requested a copy of the letter we were working on in response to Mr.
Klinge's letter.

Our response to Mr. Klinge's
letter (addressed to Ray Haefele acting as liaison) dated March 13,
2009. In it we addressed Mr. Klinge's letter on a point by point
basis. As will be obvious from reading our letter, Mr. Klinge's
letter did nothing to address our concerns, rather, it inflamed them and
stiffened our resolve to stop the IAF. No rebuttal of any of the
points we made in this letter was ever received.

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Blessed Virgin Mary, Pray for Us.

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with
anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part
with him when he goes wrong.”-
Abraham Lincoln